Wire fabric.



PATENTED OCT. 15, 190

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AXEL F. BACKLIN, O

ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN STEEL d:

,WIRE COMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF N JERSEY.

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Be it knownthat-IfAx ni. F. 32.0mm, "ofWorcester, Worcester @mnty;Massachusetts, have invented a} new and useful Wire Fabric, of which thefollowing 5, is a full, clealr,'and. exact description, referencebbinghad to-the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in whilch forms of my improved fabric; Figs. 4 and 5 areplan views showing another form of fabric with the two I partsseparated;-Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the parts of Figs. 4 and 5united; and Fig. 7 is a plan View of a portion of one of the fabricstrips of Figs. 1 and 2.

My invention has relation to Wire fabric of that class which is used forthe purpose of reinforcing concrete structures, such as floors, walls,roofs, .etc., the object being to provide a fabric of any desired widthwhich shall have uniform strength and appearance throughout; also toprovide a fabric of this kind which can be readily made upon existingmachines by the addition of simple devices whereby the edges of thestrips formed thereby are provided with means for securing any desirednumber ofstrips together side by side.

With these objects in view my invention consists in a wire fabriccomposed of separate strips having their edges united in thejmannerhereinafter described and claimed. 7

Referring first to Fig. 1, the numerals 2 designate the longitudinal orstrand wires of strips of woven or diamond mesh wire fabric, 3 being themesh forming wires The strand wires 2 are omitted from the adjacentedges of the two strips to be joined, and the mesh wires 3 are formedwith the bends or loopsd at their ends. In joining the two strips theloops or. bends 4.

thereof are interlocked with each other as shown and a separate rod orstrand 5 thereby connecting the two strips by a strand or tension member5 preferably of the same size and strength as the strand wires 2. 7

The fabric shown in FigQZ is similar to that shown in Fig. 1, exceptthat the bends or loops 4 corresponding to the, bends or loops 4 of Fig.1, instead of being interlocked with each other to receive theconnecting rod of strand 5* are placed adjacent to each other end to endto receive such rod.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the mesh-form Figures 1, 2 and fifeplan views showing different.

is threaded therethrough,

ingwires 3 insteadfoibeing formed-with "spiral bends at the portions ofthe fabric stfips' which are to be united, are formed with" simple bends3 which are-- hooked over the connecting rod-or strand 5".

In the fabric shown in- Figs; 4, 5 and 6, the longitu dinal' wire 2. ofone oi the two strips to be united is utilized as the coupling rodorstrand, and the other strip is secured thereto by-bending the ends ofthe meshes 3 thereo'ver in the manner shown at 6 in Fig. 6.

The advantages of myinvention' consist in the provision of a reinforcingfabric of any desired width, built'up, of narrower strips, connected insuch a mannor that the fabric is of substantially uniform strengththroughout and it will be understood-that the indi- 6b vidual strips aremade up in continuous lengths from which portions of the desired orappropriate lengths may be cut to construct the final fabric, comprisinga united series of narrow strips. Various otherways of connecting fabricsections may be employed within the scope of my invention, since What Iclaim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a strip of lvoveu wire fabric madein continuous length and adapted to be,

cut into appropriate sizes having strand wires and web or F9 mesh wiresconnecting the strand wires, the web or mesh Wires at at least one edgeof the strip being extended beyond the last strand wire at that edge inthe form of free loops; substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a strip of woven wire fabric made incontinuous length and adapted to be cut into appropriate sizes havingstrand wires and web or mesh wires coiled about and connecting thestrand wires, the web or mesh wires at at least one edge offthe stripbeing extended beyond the last strand wire in the form of V'shaped loopshaving'bends or hooks at their apices; substantially as described.

3. As a new article or manufacture, a woven wire fabric, composed of aplurality of narrower sections of woven fabric placed edge to edge, eachof said sections being 35 cut from a continuous strip and having strandwires and mesh wires, the mesh wires at each meeting edge being extendedbeyond the last strand wire of that sec tion in the form of loops whoseends are formed with integral coils or bends alined with but separablefrom the coils or bends of the adjacent section, and a coupling rod orWire passed through the alined eyes or coils and connecting thesections; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

AXEL F. BACKLIN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. SMITH, M. F. SHEEHAN.

